Kindred Healthcare Employer Reviews

The night shift supervisor hated me at the onset. Nothing I could do would please him. He is Gay and I am not. Gave me 3 times the patient load leaving others with nothing to do. Management is a bunch of back stabbing jerks. There was nothing enjoyable part of the job. I had worked at other Kindred Hospitals in Chicago, but the Sycamore Hospital really – more... sucked. – less

This place is beyond getting help the dug themselves so far in the ground it's not funny. The treat their employees like dirt the say we will work with you while you go to school or have another job the just make you work more over I feel so sorry for the residents there not enough staff to take care of them and they need to get a new director of nursing

Every morning starts with the morning meeting, we discuss what to expect for the up and coming day. Admissions starts with a tour of the building to ensure all rooms are presentable for the arrival of a new patient. While touring the building stop by and say hello to the current residents to see how they are doing. If any questions or concerns arise – more... take it upon myself to get them handled in a timely manner. Began working the faxes from hospitals and return any calls that have come in. ensure any new admissions are settled in may sure they have received proper meals if they arrive late. Get the necessary paperwork signed. – less

My typical day as a PRN therapist begins with logging into handheld time recording device along with inputting pt's to be seen that day. I work mostly independent with occasional assist from aides with more complicated pt's. Safety is priority! I work anywhere from 4-7 hours a day. I love the challenge of working with inpatient pt's and making sure – more... that they get the best care possible in order to return back home or to a location of their chosing for further care. Management and co-workers are great and very supportive of any needs. The hardest part of this job is seeing or hearing that a pt. expired that you have treated and become close to. On the other hand, it is great to see those who improve and are able to leave the facility and become functionally independent again. – less

My typical day of work started with clocking in, get assignment from the head nurse, get report from cna's who had your clients previously. Check on all patients to make sure they had there alarms on and to let them know that you are the cna on duty now and if they need anything to call you. check on all patients at least every 2 hour. i was assigned – more... at least 16 patients per night. make sure everyone is safe at all time. i did transfers, feeding, changing, bathing..... ect. basically adl's and vitals. a very physical work experience – less

Your always on the move. You learn to work well with other. Your co-worker are kind and willing to help.

I beat myself up everyday and question why this is so much different then anywhere I have ever been. People here are very unhappy, complain and discuss trying to get a new job everyday, patients and family are under the impression that it is acceptable to treat staff poorly, certain night sups are rarely seen and do not offer assistance of any kind – more... or even check if assistance is needed, assignments are not acuity based and are often unsafe, high profile families are given together as an assignment to one nurse setting the shift up for failure, multiple tasks are being signed as performed but reported not done per pt/family, miscommunication often leading to substandard care, management under the impression that since 'they have been able to work under certain circumstances, then everyone should be able to', policies regarding narcotic administration are not followed the majority of the time and verbal/ written reprimanding is not consistent, staff members have been know to be rough on other staff and it has been reported and nothing has been done to provide a safe and secure environment, staff members quitting/resigning after short periods of employment or even completion of orientation, low levels of moral within the facility causing undue stress to nursing staff, patient care suffering due to lack of staffing. As an experienced nurse with less then one in this Kindred facility I highly recommend avoiding employment at any of the facilities owned by this company. I have been in multiple situations that have jeapordized my license and and am currently looking for employment elsewhere. – less

Most of the people are nice, except my boss. He was easy to work with the first day after that, if i as so much as walk by he would roll his eyes, or talk to me while walking away. Never "showed me everything he knows" like stated after i was hired. I guess it depends on who youre working for here.

Patient loads could be anywhere from six to nine patients for the nurses and seven to ten patients for the CNAs. Administration had numerous turnovers in the time that I was there. If you go to work to take care of your patients and not to socialize and gossip, you are cast out and the cliques will spend numerous hours complaining to the nurse manager, – more... CCO and CEO about you. You are expected to read the CNAs minds and drop everything when they want help. The CNAs can scream and yell at the nurses, but when the nurses try to teach the CNAs something the nurse is reported to the above administrative staff by the CNAs and reprimanded. Administration plays favorites to the point where people were coming into work high and nothing was done. The good workers either left or were fired. Cameras were placed on our building for "security", but in reality it was to identify smokers. The backstabbing and constant fight to try to get the best care for the patients caused so much stress that there were times when various nurses would break down in tears. The work load was unreal. In the special care unit one nurse was expected to take care of four to five acutely ill patients on various vasopressor drips by herself and if she was lucky, she had a CNA to assist/hinder her. Orientation was a joke. My preceptor was so vague I had to basically teach myself the computer charting and find my way around. Sexually conversations were a norm, from the CCO on down to the CNAs. CNAs were lazy and expected the nurses to answer all the call lights, even when the nurses had nine patients and were running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Everybody has to be very careful of what they say due to the fact that it will be twisted around and reported to the administration and the person who said it is written up without investigation and without any warning whatsoever. The equipment is archaic and only recently did we receive new feeding pumps and IV pumps which break down or don't function right most of the time. The pharmacy is continuously complaining that nurses make med errors and overlook their own medication errors, which the management also overlooks. Low census was another problem. For the last six to eight months our census for a 69 bed hospital has been in the low to mid thirties at best and down to the low twenties or high teens at the worst, and call offs were frequently once or twice a week which resulted in very short paychecks. – less

LOVE THE GIRLS I WORK WITH WE ARE A TEAM ..LISTEN TO REPORT GET RESIDENTS READY FOR THERE DAY ..IS NOT KNOWING WHEN YOUR SHIFT IS OVER IF YOUR RESIDENT WILL BE THERE IN THE MORNING..I LOVE TO SEE MY RESIDENTLOOKING AND SMELLING GOOD AND KNOWING U MADE THEM SMILE

I worked at hospitals screening patients to go to rehab facilities. The team I worked with were very supportive. As in large corporations there was a high turn around in management positions.

I have a Nursing Director who is worthy of the respect of her team and take pride in the fact that consumer satisfaction and preservation of rights are the goal of all.

If I had the ability I would have scored the overall rating a BIG FAT ZERO, which starts with a worthless management.

Kindred executives provide clear vision and strategy.

Co-workers are great to work with and we tackle challenges and projects together as a team.

The most difficult part of this position is the large geographic area that our regional team has to cover.

The most enjoyable port of this position is working with talented people in the regional office – more... as well as the facility and district levels. – less

A typical day at my job consists of ensuring we are properly staffed and giving exceptional care to all of our resident and family members. I have learned from having lots of hands on experience with people, and different acute levels of care from palilative care to hospice to skilled care for residents with orthopedic, cardiology, pulmonology issues. – more... I worked with lots of people with more experience and lots of knowledge that they shared with me. The hardest part of the job was the attachment to the resident who leave or die and as with any other job varying change to adapt to. The most enjoyable part of the job was the care you are able to give to people who need it and the relationships you build along the way. – less

Love working with everyone always willing to help the people was really nice

You will really get experience and itm was a teaching hospital to me. I would go back to further my skills.

There are a few great coworkers that do their best but there's some employees leave residents a mess. Management is a joke, some truly care about residents while others don't care. Scheduling is absolutely horrible, we work short 75% of the time and on our days off we get harassed non stop to come in and work (filling in holes). We get patients (normally – more... on the same hall) that are physically abusive toward staff and we can't perform care on them properly. Some nurses will help the aides (which is fantastic) then there are some who will sit at the desk the entire time except for med pass. – less

Decent place to work. Busy lots of turnover. would work there again

Type A personalities need only apply here. Great place to learn a great deal of content/hands on nursing in a very short time. Typical day includes all nursing responsibilities for typical team of 6 chronically/acutely ill patients with many comorbidities - these patients would typically be considered PCU candidates at local area hospitals. Majority – more... of patients are trached, vented, receiving parenteral nutrition, on telemetry, receiving in-house dialysis, have 3 or more lines, tubes or drains, total assists or heavy 2 person assists - walkie-talkies are the exception to the rule. Medication administration and electronic charting are extremely cumbersome and time consuming. Electronic charting system is not intuitive or user friendly. Nurses are responsible for HUC duties, CNA duties, wound care (including wound vacs), entering orders, calling physicians, obtaining consents, assessments, admissions, discharges and complete management of 6 patient team. The hardest part of this job is learning to do more with less; the most enjoyable part of this job is bringing comfort to the patients. – less